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Larry Thomas
Experience 2003- August 31, 2006 Senate District 17 Baton Rouge, La. Legislative Assistant To State Senator Rob Marionneaux District
17Liaison for Senator Marionneaux for the Parishes of East Feliciana, St Helena, East Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and Iberville Parishes.
Negotiate legislation with Senators, Governors Office, Government Agencies and Parish Officials. Campaign Manager for the Parishes of East Feliciana, St.
Helena, and East Baton Rouge Parish, delivering 63% of the vote. Assist constituents and businesses with government related issues. Author Legislation
regarding Economic Development and Film Industry Related issues; Authored all the language for the East Feliciana Economic Development District bill in
2004, authored the Governance rules for Lacaeda bylaws a 501 c 3- 2005, authored all the language Senate Bill 155 for the Lacaeda Film Commission Bill
2006.
1982–2004 L.N. Thomas Lumber – Lumber Link Clinton, La. Owner - President Cypress lumber, flooring, mill works, and molding
Producer. Supplied specialty wood products to the film industry. Timber Frame Construction for commercial and residential construction Projects. Certified,
loaded, and shipped Cypress and Hardwood lumber for export. Cypress and Hardwood Inspection Service for the Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and
Mississippi lumber industry.
1978–1984 Custom Craft Mobile Homes Clinton, La. Purchasing Agent 1978–1982 General Manager 1982- 1984Maintained and purchased
$500,000 inventory per month for the mobile Home manufacturing and assembly line facility. Designed and built the first modular housing in Louisiana.
Negotiated and secured all contracts regarding the purchase of all tools, Building materials, and site locations for modular placement.As General Manager
negotiated all contracts, sales, labor negotiations of 150 plus employees, and maintained a monthly budget of over $2 million.
1975–1978 Teamsters Local 5 Baton Rouge, La. Warehouse and Purchasing Manager Warehouse and Purchasing Manager Peter Kewitt
Construction River Bend Nuclear Power station construction project night shift. Warehouse and Purchasing Manager J.A. Jones Construction Camp J Angola
State Prison. 1971-1975 Wright Engineering Baker, Louisiana Machinist, special projects model shop building specialty model Projects in titanium
and stainless steel.
Education 1971 Wilkerson County Technical College, Woodville, Mississippi. Metallurgy and Machinist finished two year coarse in one year,Graduating at
the top of my class. 1988 National Hardwood Lumber Association Inspection School, Memphis, Tennessee Completed a six-month certification process for Hard
Wood Lumber Inspection. Specializing in inspection and negotiation of lumber contracts and Lumber certifications.
Interests Boards and Committees
1.The East Feliciana Economic Development District Chairman. 2004 Architect of the East Feliciana Economic Development District Bill creating The East
Feliciana Economic Development District.
2.Louisiana Capital Area Economic Development Allies Board Member, In 2004 Appointed by the East Feliciana Parish Police Jury to represent the Parish on
the nine parish board Louisiana of the Capital Area Economic Development Allies.
3.Architect of and chaired the Lacaeda Film Commission that encompasses the nine parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Wet Baton Rouge, Iberville,
Pointe Coupee,West Feliciana, East Feliciana, Livingston and St Helena.
4.July 2005 Elected Chairperson of a Nine Parish Film Commission, dedicated to the Recruitment and development of the film industry in the Louisiana
Capital Area.
5.Developed an extensive film crew database in the Capital Area Region
. 6. 2005 Authored the book Introduction to Jobs in the Film Industry
7.Initiated the locations database for the Capital Area Region
8.November 2005 Spearheaded the American Film Market Conference for La Cap Film in Santa Monica, California.
9. Developed a Location Library and Data Base working with Axium’s Location Manager program. The database consists of over 4000 locations site pictures of
the nine parishes of St. Helena, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Ascension, and Livingston
Parish.
10.April 2006 Spearheaded the Locations Expo for La Cap Film in Santa Monica, California
11.In 2005-2006 Conducted six four-hour seminars in the capital region on pursuing jobs in the film industry.
12.In 2006 wrote the initial legislation creating The Lacaeda Film Commission Bill SB 155 by Senator Rob Marionneaux passed legislation June 16, 2006.
13. June 2006 Re-elected Chairperson and Location Manager of The Lacaeda Film Commission an eight Parish Film Commission established by Senate bill 15,
dedicated to the recruitment and development of the film industry in the Louisiana Capital Area Region.
14.July 19, 2006 Executive Producer/Director - The Louisiana Film Summit. The Lacaeda Film Commission, at the request of Leon Steele with the State Main
Street program asked that I conduct a seminar on the film industry for the State Main Street Organization. We combined the program with the promotion of
local Film makers and film industry business. The event attracted many out of state Film makers bringing projects to the state. Sally Kemper publisher of
Production Up Date magazine based in Los Angeles flew in to cover the Film Summit. The Film Summit attracted 90 plus attendees from throughout the state.
15. As Chairman of the Capital Region Film Commission I spearheaded the American Film Market in Santa Monica for November 1-8, 2006 for the second year.
16.Appointed to the Louisiana Amite River Basin Drainage and Water District Board by Governor Kathleen Blanco September 1,2006
Film Projects
Louisiana- April -July 1983 Construction material supplier, Southern Dialect Coach,Phillipe de Broca Director
North And South -1984 Construction material supplier, Southern Dialect Coach, Richard Hefferon Director
Blaze - July 1989 Location Scout, Patricia Madiedo Location Manager
Fish-N-Tails – January 2001- March 2002 Executive Producer ISON Productions Television Series.
Dukes Of Hazzard - November 2004 January 2005 Construction material supplier, Assisted Location Manager Ned Shapero as location scout and assisting
with government agencies.
The Reeping – June- August 2005 Prop Maker, Rodger Scruggs Foreman, Tom Jones Coordinator, Ed Lipscomb Ass. Location manager
Absolute Evil - August 2005 - Construction Buyer and Coordinator, History Channel Screaming Flea Productions
Texas Lullaby – December 2005, January, February 2006 Location Scout, George Herthel Location Manager, John Hardy Executive Producer
Knights of Mary Phagon- March-April 2006 Location Manager, Jack Sokja Exec. Producer
Louisiana Film Center- April - June 2006-Line Producer, 2life18 Foundation Video and Documentary- Scott Thomas Director, David Perez Exec. Producer
Dallas - May 2006 Location Scout, David Israel Location Manager
The Great Debaters –May 2006 assisted Location Scout, Kei Long Young
Bonnie and Clyde –May 2006 Location Scout, Tanya Holly Executive Producer, James Chambliss, Location Manger
Katrina’s Spring (Trailer) - June 2006 Location Manager, Tom Smugala Director
Inherit the Wind- June 2006- Assisted Location Scout Jim Trotter with Location scouting
Usher- Biloxi Katrina Storm Damage Tour- June 2006 Videographer, 2nd Unit
Tale of Two Sisters–June 2006-assisted Location Scout Gerard Sellers
Dream Boy- July 2006 Location Scout Denise Shaw Producer, Jim Bolton Director
Louisiana Film Summit- July 19,2006 Producer
When The World Was Green- July 2006 Location Scout, John Adams Director, Producer
Homeland Security- August 2006 Location Scout (Baton Rouge) Dave Pomier UPM
Loss Of The Teardrop Diamond- November 2006 Location Scout Ron Gilbert, Brad Gilbert Producers
Jodie Markell Director
Armada Studios November 2006-March 2007 Government Liaison for the Louisiana Infrastructure Tax credits John Sweeney Director of Operations
Studio City November 2006- March 2007 Government Liaison for the Louisiana Infrastructure Tax Credits Michelle Le Blanc Managing Partner
Ascension Parish Economic Development February 2007 Photograph and log film locations for Ascension Parish Tommy Kurtz CEO Economic Development
Ascension Parish
Dave Bowman
Logistics
Dave bowman has 40 years of logistics experience with the Kansas City Railroad,Louisiana Economic Development,
East Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce.
Film credits
Entertainment Cluster Director with Louisiana Economic development
Texas Lullaby 2006 Logistics including accommodation, base camps, office space and Transportation
Knights of Mary Phagon 2006 Logistics and Locations
Dallas 2006- Logistics and Locations
The Great Debaters 2006 Logistics and Locations
When The World Was Green 2006 - Logistics and Locations